Field Nurse Educator

JOB PURPOSE

The Field Nurse Educator prepares, coaches, and evaluates nursing staff to ensure safe, high‑quality participant care. The role integrates hands‑on field nursing with clinical education through participant home visits, competency evaluations, training presentations, mentoring, and support for regulatory compliance and organizational standards.

• Develop, coordinate, and conduct orientation programs, mandatory in‑services, continuing education, competency assessments, and ongoing educational activities for clinical and interdisciplinary staff.
• Serve as a clinical education SME, providing guidance and education related to clinical workflows, documentation standards, EMR utilization, organizational policies, regulatory requirements, infection control, and evidence‑based practices.
• Evaluate the competency and performance of newly hired nursing staff during and after orientation; provide additional training recommendations and feedback regarding readiness for independent practice.
• Perform participant home visits to maintain clinical proficiency and demonstrate organizational standards of nursing practice.
• Conduct ride‑alongs with home care nurses to observe clinical practice, provide real‑time coaching, reinforce best practices, and validate clinical competencies.
• Complete field competency evaluations for newly hired and existing nursing staff, including annual competencies, remediation plans, and return demonstrations.
• Collaborate with Clinical Management for participant home visits requiring advanced clinical expertise, specialized nursing skills, competency evaluations, staff training, or additional operational support.
• Maintain current knowledge of organizational clinical systems, documentation processes, operational workflows, and home care practices to support staff training and respond to clinical and operational questions.
• Develop practical job aids, competency checklists, clinical reference guides, and educational materials that support standardized nursing practice.
• Prepare and deliver engaging instructor‑led training sessions using Microsoft PowerPoint, case studies, demonstrations, and hands‑on learning techniques.
• Identify educational gaps, operational challenges, and opportunities for process improvement; communicate findings and recommendations to leadership as appropriate.
• Collaborate with operational, clinical, quality, compliance, and interdisciplinary teams to develop, standardize, and maintain educational materials, policies, procedures, workflows, and training programs.
• Participate in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement activities, including chart audits, environmental safety reviews, infection control initiatives, competency evaluations, and special projects.
• Assist with recruitment activities for nursing staff, including interviewing and evaluating candidates as requested.
• Participate as an active member of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) and support organizational committees, initiatives, and special assignments as required.
• Perform all duties within the scope of licensure, organizational policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Document and communicate performance concerns, competency deficiencies, training progress, and corrective action recommendations identified during orientation, field visits, competency assessments, and ongoing educational activities.
• Recommend corrective actions, retraining plans, and disciplinary processes when staff fail to follow established clinical protocols, documentation requirements, safety standards, or organizational expectations.
• Collaborate with operational leadership, Human Resources, and Clinical leadership regarding employee performance concerns, competency deficiencies, remediation plans, and disciplinary recommendations as appropriate.
• Conduct competency sign‑offs for field‑based nursing skills and recommend when staff are prepared to independently manage participant home visits.
• Provide one‑on‑one coaching and remediation in the field for nurses requiring additional clinical development, documentation improvement, or workflow support.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor of Science in Nursing;
  Master’s degree…